to send flying with a kick
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
expression; look; countenance; face
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
other than; excluding; without
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to be discouraged; to shrink from
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy